Long time has passed since I last posted here. At first I was going through a very busy time in the studio, which left me with no time for blogging-reviewing-discussing... Then, when I finally managed to clean my table, I realised that due to the crisis the booking of new projects has significantly decreased, forcing me to take some actions and do what I always put last - marketing. Rough times call for actions, this is why I am in the process of marketing the studio services to new clientele, offering summer discounts etc. So the blog suffers neglect but this is temporary. Sorry, blog :-)

Anyway, I wanted to tell you about a small accident I had.

Due to some tight schedule and assignments that spread across multiple days I had little time to blog lately and it will probably be the same in the coming weeks. However, an exciting new series of articles awaits its launch so I hope to squeeze my timeline and make it happen soon... If you're not yet registered on RSS please do, so you don't miss the next updates.

Charging the DIY Battery Pack - update

Many people are asking me about the charging method for the DIY battery pack.

Do you sometimes get lists of selected photos from your clients, which they want you to print? How do you actually pick those photos out of the folder in which they were stored? Do you take the long, manual-select path, Holding your CTRL key and clicking on each listed photo? Do you sometimes lose attention for a second and release that damn CTRL key and need to go all over again? Man, this little thing can actually burn a photographer hours of work doing practically nothing. If it's only a small amount of photos - no problem, the manual selecting works fine. But what if you get a 400 photos list? Well there's an automated way of selecting and copying the files, it's easy to perform once you learn the workflow, and it's not based on a software, but only a simple batch file.

Do you have a Canon 580EX flash you wish to sync with your camera when used off shoe? I do. and for long time I've been using all sorts of hot shoe adapters, when all I wanted to do is just plug a Pocket Wizard or any other radio slave to my flash. Then I bumped into Lotto's post on photography-on-the.net forum. Now, you know how it goes when you see a useful and simple trick/shortcut/device and go "Gosh, this is so simple!! why didn't I see this a year ago?" This is how I reacted after seeing how simple it is to implant an1/8" socket to receive the standard sync plugs directly into the 580EX.